On June 2nd 2010, Post authority of France issued a joint
issue stamp with Monaco "Institut
de paleontologie humaine 1910-2010"
(Monaco issued their stamp one fay earlier on June 1st). Both
countries produced some FDC with both stamps and two
postmarks, of France and Monaco, on it. The stamp shows
portraits of founders of the Institute of Human Paleontology
(HPI) and the Grimaldi caves surrounding the front of
the HPI:Albert 1, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, and the Abbe Breuil

The Institute of Human Paleontology is a research
foundation devoted to the study of human paleontology and prehistory.
In 2010, HPI was a hundred years. It was created in 1910 mainly by
Albert 1er, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, and Abbe Breuil (both are depicting on left side of the stamp). This
commemoration is an opportunity for a joint issue with the Principality
of Monaco. The HPI Headquarters in Paris in a building built in 1912 by
architect Pontremoli and decorated with bas-reliefs by sculptor
Constant Roux.L institute's research mission on the ground
(archaeological sites) and in laboratories, conservation products of
excavation (collections of prehistoric artifacts and bones),
dissemination to the greatest number of research results (scientific
meetings and publications, exhibitions, public lectures, international
exchanges ...) and training of future prehistory.

Products

Joint issue FDC, similar FDC with only one stamp and one postmark were produced too.